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Navy Varsity Lightweight Crew Head Coaches
The following table lists all Navy varsity lightweight crew head coaches of the modern era, i.e. since 1954. Unfortunately, no records have been located with the names of lightweight crew coaches during the early years of Navy's lightweight rowing circa 1920 – 1936.
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| No. | Name | Alma Mater | Years Coached |
| 1. | John James (Buck) Herzog | USNA '46 | 1954 - 1955 |
| 2. | Hubbell Young (Hub) Davidson | USNA '45 | 1955 - 1957 |
| 3. | Donald Allan Kilmer | USNA '51 | 1957 - 1959 |
| 4. | David T. Pratt | Washington '56 | 1959 - 1960 |
| 5. | Charles David Manring | USNA '52 | 1960 - 1961 |
| 6. | Robert B. White | Columbia | 1961 - 1962 |
| 7. | Robert W. G. Jones | USNA '53 | 1962 - 1963 |
| 8. | Ralph Wayne Christy | USNA '59 | 1963 - 1965 |
| 9. | J. Michael (Mike) Greata | MIT '63 | 1965 - 1968 |
| 10. | M. D. Tuft | 1968 - 1969 | |
| 11. | Thomas Stephenson Althouse | USNA '62 | 1969 - 1970 |
| 12. | Warren E. Sweetser III | USNA '60 | 1970 - 1972 |
| 13. | Philip A. (Phil) Dales III | Cornell '70 | 1972 - 1973 |
| 14. | Jon Eric VanAmringe | Yale '70 | 1973 - 1976 |
| 15. | P. D. (Dirk) Mosis III '73 | USNA '73 | 1976 - 1979 |
| 16. | Robert J. Kasper, Jr. | Stanford '72 | 1979 - 1980 |
| 17. | James Stephenson (Jim) Bane III | USNA '76 | 1980 - 1982 |
| 18. | Thomas (Tom) Kiefer | Northeastern '81 | 1982 - 1984 |
| 19. | Val Ferme | Brown '84 | 1984 - 1986 |
| 20. | Patrick J. (Pat) Manion | UCLA '85 | 1986 - 1991 |
| 21. | Michael (Mike) Hughes | Wilkes '72 | 1991 - 1994 |
| 22. | James Clayton (Jim) Snead | USNA '73 | 1994 - 1995 |
| 23. | Gregory Alan Morrison | USNA '77 | 1995 - 1996 |
| 24. | Dale Patrick Hurley, Jr. | USNA '89 | 1996 - 2001 |
| 25. | Robert (Rob) Friedrich | Rutgers '97 | 2001 - 2008 |
| 26. | Nicholaus (Nick) Baker | Buffalo '01 | 2008 - 2009 |
| 27. | Jonathan S. (Steve) Perry | Rutgers '99 | 2009 - Present |